Friday, February 17, 2017

This story began almost ten years ago in 2008 when I got this scots pine as a gift from my grandparents. Since the tree was well rooted I made the first basic styling almost right away. That time I went for a tree with two tops using my beginner knowledge.

Sadly soon after the top apex died and I was left with a long straight and unattractive branch, so I decided to let the tree grow freely for a while until I could figure out what to do with it. That was in 2010.

Firstly here
is the first styling I have done on this small but very old Berberis
thunbergii. This one is only about 30cm tall and suspected to be
somewhere from 30-40 years old.
I decided to style it in a way
simmilar to its natural habitus, that is why strickt standard styling
rules were not applyed here. But nevertheless some branch selections and
wire were required to make the future structure better. I look much
forward to the further development of this tree.Počasi se začenja sezona dela na bonsajih. Spodaj sta dva moja nedavna projekta.Prvo oblikovanje na manjšem, vendar starem češminu. Visok je približno 30cm in star okrog 30-40 let.Odločil sem se, da ga ne bom oblikoval v klasični stil, temveč se bom držal njegovega naravnega habitusa. Vseeno pa sem opravil selekcijo vej in jih ožičil, ter s tem napravil boljšo podlago za končno strukturo krošnje. Zelo se veselim nadaljnega dela na tem malem bonsaju.

BeforePred oblikovanjem

After
Po oblikovanju

Sometimes trees can surprise you. This sabina juniper came to my garden
by coincidence and did not look like much at first sight. I
decided to try and make it a bit more appealing. After I dug through the
big mass of foliage I discovered quite a few nice features like old
deadwood and even some tapper and nice twists in the trunk.
This was not a totall styling, only some major branches were put in position.

Sunday, February 12, 2017

One week ago the 18th edition of the Noelanders Trophy was held in the Belgian town of Genk, this time along side with the EBA & ESA exhibition.

If you are familiar with this exhibition you know just how huge of an event this is. But for those who are not familiar, let me just tell you there were about 200 bonsai exhibited, 80 traders selling their items and about 4500 visitors during the whole weekend.

Here are some glimpses. Only some overall photos of the exhibition since photography was once again not allowed.